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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>“From:</span></font></b><font
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Lnc-business [mailto:lnc-business-bounces@hq.lp.org] <b><span style='font-weight:
bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Joshua Katz<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Saturday, October 11, 2014
12:01 PM<br>
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font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> [Lnc-business]
Opposition News Reports: Third Parties Doing it Wrong</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.independentpoliticalreport.com/2014/10/opposition-news-stats-reveal-major-flaw-in-3rd-party-election-strategies/">http://www.independentpoliticalreport.com/2014/10/opposition-news-stats-reveal-major-flaw-in-3rd-party-election-strategies/</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>This mirrors some of what we've been trying to do in CT, but we need to
do more of it and do a better job at it, for sure.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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Joshua A. Katz<font color=black><span style='color:black'>
</span></font>Region 8 (Region of Badassdom) Alternate<font color=black><span
style='color:black'> </span></font>Libertarian National
Committee<font color=black><span style='color:black'>”</span></font><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'>GGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGg<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'>I thank Mr. Katz for
calling our attention to that article.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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The last section of the full article is 100% applicable to the Libertarian
Party:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'>“<a
href="http://oppositionnews.org/articles/2014/q4/stats-reveal-major-flaw-3rd-party-election-strategies/">http://oppositionnews.org/articles/2014/q4/stats-reveal-major-flaw-3rd-party-election-strategies/</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p><strong><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Final
thoughts</span></font></b></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>So,
why do our candidates consistently try to run before they can walk, only to
fall flat on their faces? One reason is ego. Who wants to start at the bottom
when they can try and start at the top. Another is knowledge. We all know more
than enough about national issues. But few of us are as well versed on local
legislation and issues.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Yet
another reason is comfort, experience and competition. Anyone can run an
impersonal national internet campaign from their home computer, knowing they
don’t have the finances and resources to legitimately compete. In a local
race, candidates have to actually meet voters in person and it’s far more
likely to get media attention and press coverage. That can be scary for a
first-time citizen-candidate. But that’s what local races are for.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Local
races give our candidates the experience, credibility, precinct workers and
name recognition that are required to compete competitively for higher offices.
As long as <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">America</st1:place></st1:country-region>’s
opposition parties skip the requisite lower offices, we’ll never have any
success and never be taken seriously by the voters. Start local, build your
precinct organizations and get to know the voters. People won’t vote for
our candidates if they think they’re the only ones doing it. Let them
know they’re not alone, not even in their own little neighborhoods.”<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>One
way or another, I will take ownership of, and run, a project designed to elect
at least one Libertarian to public office in my county by December 2016.
If that result is not achievable, I hope that I can at least get two
Libertarians appointed to public office by that same date.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>I
challenge other Libertarian officials to make this happen in at least one
county in their state. It is not intellectually difficult, but I admit it
will take a lot of us out of our comfort zones. That is a good thing.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>
Scott Lieberman<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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